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Islamic Marriage Articles, - Choosing a Spouse, - Courtship in Islam























The most common questions I get from young people are, "Do Muslims date?" and "If they don't date, how do they decide whom to marry?"
"Dating" as it is currently practiced in much of the world does not exist among Muslims -- where a young man and woman (or boy/girl) are in a one-on-one intimate relationship, spending time together alone, "getting to know each other" in a very deep way before deciding whether that's the person they will marry. Rather, in Islam pre-marital relationships of any kind between members of the opposite sex are forbidden.
The choice of a marriage partner is one of the most important decisions a person will make in his or her lifetime. It should not be taken lightly, nor left to chance or hormones. It should be taken as seriously as any other major decision in life - with prayer, careful investigation, and family involvement.
So in today's world, how do young people manage? First of all, Muslim youth develop very close friendships with their same-sex peers. This "sisterhood" or "brotherhood" that develops when they are young continues throughout their lives. When a young person decides to get married, the following steps often take place:
*.Young person makes du'a (prayer) for Allah to help him or her find the right person.
*.The family enquires, discusses, and suggests candidates. They consult with each other to narrow down potential prospects. Usually the father or mother approaches the other family to suggest a meeting.
*.Couple agrees to meet in chaperoned, group environment. Umar related that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said,"Not one of you should meet a woman alone unless she is accompanied by a relative (mahram)."(Bukhari/Muslim). The Prophet (peace be upon him) also reportedly said,
"Whenever a man is alone with a woman, Satan (Shaytan) is the third among them."(Tirmidhi). When young people are getting to know each other, being alone together is a temptation toward wrongdoing. At all times, Muslims should follow the commands of the Qur'an (24:30-31) to "lower their gaze and guard their modesty...." Islam recognizes that we are human and are given to human weakness, so this rule provides safeguards for our own sake.
*.Family investigates candidate further - talking with friends, family, Islamic leaders, co-workers, etc. to learn about his or her character.
*.Couple prays salat-l-istikhara (prayer for guidance) to seek Allah's help in making a decision.
*.Couple agrees to pursue marriage or part ways. Islam has given this freedom of choice to both young men and women - they cannot be forced into a marriage that they don't want.
This type of focused courtship helps ensure the strength of the marriage, by drawing upon family elders' wisdom and guidance in this important life decision. Family involvement in the choice of a marriage partner helps assure that the choice is based not on romantic notions, but rather on a careful, objective evaluation of the compatibility of the couple. That is why these marriages often prove successful.





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Islamic Marriage Articles, - Choosing a Spouse, - Can a Sunni Marry a Shi'ah?
























Question:
A sister has asked: Assalamu Alaykum. I want help in a very serious matter. Can you tell me if a Sunni can marry a Shiya? If a girl is Sunni and a boy is Shiya. Please tell me about this. I shall be very thankful to you. Thanks, Allah Hafiz.
My Answer:
According to the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah, a person should decide about marrying another person on the basis of his or her Deen. Using Deen as the criterion of marriage means that the person should have the correct Islamic ‘aqeedah and the right Islamic paradigm. In addition, his or her actions and lifestyle should reflect that ‘aqeedah and paradigm. For that purpose, appellations such as Sunni, Shia, Salafi, Sufi, etc. are useless. Our decisions should not be based upon the names people have given to groups but on an individual’s personal faith in, attitude towards and practice of the deen.
( Zawaj.com Editor's Note:To elaborate on this point, it's important to look beyond the person's sectarian label or social background, because within any sectarian group beliefs can vary widely. In addition, a person may hold personal beliefs that are not consistent with his family's or region's sect. A person might call himself Shi'ah but his personal beliefs and practice might be quite correct and good; while a person might call himself Sunni but his personal beliefs could be completely heretical. That is why you must talk to the person in order to find out just what he believes and how he practices Islam.)
Belief
From the perspective mentioned above, one should marry a person who believes in the following:
*.Allaah Subhaanahu Wa Ta’aala as the One and Only Lord, Master, Creator, Worthy of worship, Ruler, Sovereign, Protector and Provider -- Who is Infinite and Absolute in every attribute He has mentioned about Himself; to Whom we must submit readily and willingly in slave-like obedience in all aspects and matters of life, throughout our life; Who is the only One that can listen to and respond to our du’aas (ad’iyah) and provide us help in supernatural ways; and Who is so Majestic and Exalted that even those who are closest to Him from His creations can never demand something from Him or intercede for someone without His permission and pleasure. Hence we must rely only on Him, repose our trust in Him and seek only His pleasure.
*.Muhammad Sall-Allaahu 'Alayhi Wa Sallam is His last Prophet and the last Messenger who taught us and demonstrated for us the proper and balanced way of obeying Allaah SAAWS in our life and whose Sunnah is the perfect model for us to emulate in obedience to our Lord Allaah SWT. Other than the Prophet himself, there is absolutely no one who is perfect enough to be right all the time and whose words or actions could be followed on his own authority, without strong support form the Qur-aan and Sunnah.
*.The Holy Qur-aan is the final guidance from Allaah and is perfectly preserved in its complete and total form and perfectly relevant to all matters of human life in all ages until the Day of Judgment. All the personal and collective matters of our life must be conducted according to the guidance of the Qur-aan.
*.Angels are real creatures of Allaah SWT who are assigned different roles by Him. They carry out their assignments precisely, exactly and without compromising or making any mistake.
*.We will be raised and held accountable for our worldly life on the Day of Judgment and rewarded and punished according to our performance in this world. Only the personal faith that exists in the depths of our psyche (heart), and the right actions performed with sincerity and pure intentions for Allaah.
Islamic Practice
The potential partner's religious paradigm should be the following:
*.Islam is a complete way of life that is designed to develop personal excellence and superb behaviour, ethics and dealings in individuals and to establish the most superb global community that is characterized by peace, justice, graciousness, care and loving environment.
*.The five pillars of Islam provide us the structure and foundations to help us attain our individual and collective excellence, which is built upon that structure and foundations by practising the rest of the deen.
*.We must continuously work hard on a daily basis in an organized and planned manner for attaining personal excellence and as well as establishing the Islamic society of excellence for the pleasure of Allaah and the success in the Hereafter.
If a person testifies to have the above mentioned faith and his religious outlook corresponds to the above mentioned paradigm, and his lifestyle testifies to the truth of these assertions, that is the person with deen and that is the best person to get married to. Although I have used 'his', the same applies to 'her' as well.




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The Miracle of the Qur'an, - The Miracle of Fire and Wood, That Cannot Be Obtained Artificially

Have you thought about the fire that you light? Is it you who make the
trees that fuel it grow or are We the Grower?We have made it to be a
reminder and a comfort for travelers in the wild. So glorify the name
of your Lord, the Magnificent! (Surat al-Waqi 'a, 71-74)
One of the chemical substances mainly responsible for the structure of
wood is "lignocellulose." This substance is a compound of the
materials known as "lignin" and "cellulose" that give wood its
hardness. In terms of chemical structure, wood is made up of 50%
cellulose, 25% hemicelluloses and 25% lignin. 22An analysis of these
substances' chemical formulae reveals three vital elements: hydrogen,
oxygen and carbon.
Hydrogen, oxygen and carbon are the building blocks of millions of
substances in nature. But as a miracle from Allah, these three also
combine to give rise to the substance "lignocellulose", which is found
in plants. Although scientists know that hydrogen, oxygen and carbon
are the ingredients of lignocellulose, some of the greatest minds in
the world have been completely unable to reproduce this special
material in plants. Although these elements can easily be obtained,
scientists have been unable to create a single piece of wood by
artificial means, despite having countless examples before them to
study. Yet all the trees we see around us have been ceaselessly
producing this compound for millions of years by combining oxygen,
carbon, water and sunlight.
One of the compounds in lignocellulose is water, expressed by the
formula H2O. Despite containing a large amount of water in its
make-up, wood is still somehow one of the most flammable materials in
nature. The above verse is very wise in noting that wood cannot be
made by human beings. By means of these compounds and the water it
contains, wood is one of the most important fuels of fire.
Trees are an important sphere of scientific research. Scientists are
still struggling to grasp all the details in their Creation. The
complex structures of the cells that constitute trees have still not
been fully unraveled, despite advances in technology and intensive
research. The Forestry Commission of Great Britain, one of the world's
leading forestry research institutions, says the following under the
heading "Lack of Information on the Chemistry and Structure of Wood
Fibres":
Despite the knowledge resulting from earlier and ongoing research,
there still exists a lack of information on the chemistry and
structure of wood fibres. Large variations can be found within a
single tree, from the pith to the bark and from the base to the top of
a tree. Often the chemistry and structure of a wood cell are extremely
heterogeneous and difficult to investigate with conventional
techniques. 23
An examination of the chemical structure of wood shows it consists
of 50% cellulose, 25% hemicellulose and 25% lignin.
A paper in the scientific journalPlant Physiologytitled "Our
Understanding of How Wood Develops is not Complete" describes the
limited knowledge of the subject that scientists possess:
Considering the important role that wood is foreseen to play in the
near future, it is surprising to see that our understanding of how
wood develops is far from complete. With a few exceptions, very little
is known about the cellular, molecular, and developmental processes
that underlie wood formation. Xylogenesis represents an example of
cell differentiation in an exceptionally complex form. This process is
controlled by a wide variety of factors both exogenous (photoperiod
and temperature) and endogenous (phytohormones) and by interaction
between them. It is driven by the coordinated expression of numerous
structural genes (some of known function) involved in cell
origination, differentiation, programmed cell death, and heartwood
(HW) formation and by virtually unknown regulatory genes orchestrating
this ordered developmental sequence. The presence of gene families and
the extreme plasticity of the metabolism involved (as exemplified by
the unusual behavior of plants with transformed cell walls; for
review, see Fagard et al., 2000) add a further complexity to our
understanding of the process of wood formation .24
The extraordinary Creation in wood is emphasized thus in another
scientific journal,Annals of Botany:
Wood formation is a highly complicated process involving an
unbelievable variety of metabolic steps in the roots, stem and crown
of shrubs and trees. At the centre of these processes is cambial
activity which results in the release of young woody cells that
undergo maturation until autolysis of the protoplast, indicating the
final developmental stage. Later on, in various tree species, woody
cells become further modified by an additional process called
heartwood formation. The properties of wood that make it an
appropriate raw material for many purposes are largely determined by
the specific architecture of the cell walls. Difficulties in
investigating these many developmental stages appear when routine
techniques, which work well for soft plant tissues, are applied.
Therefore, in most cases, these techniques need modification or the
use of completely revised protocols to yield good results for woody
tissues. 25
These details in the Creation of wood remind us, as set out in Surat
al-Waqi 'a, that wood cannot be made by human beings. Just a few of
the inimitable features of wood, which cannot be produced
artificially, are as follows:
Wood, a Resistant Material
The hard and resistant nature of wood is the result of the cellulose
fibers it contains. Cellulose is exceptionally hard and is insoluble
in water. It is this property of cellulose that makes the use of wood
in construction so advantageous. Cellulose, described as a
"contractible and incomparable substance," has been used for centuries
in the construction of buildings, bridges and many other structures.
The Mosquito, one of the aircraft most tolerant of damage, was made of
laminated plywood.
Wood consists of parallel columns made up of convex cells laid end to
end. These are surrounded by cellulose fibers in spiral form. In
addition, these cells are contained in "lignin," a substance made from
a complex, polymer structure resin. These spirally-enclosed layers
make up 80% of the thickness of the cell wall and bears most of the
load there is to bear. When a wood cell collapses internally, it
absorbs the shock of a blow by detatching itself from the surrounding
cells. Even when such collapses causes a crack along the length of the
fiber, the wood remains remarkably unharmed. That is why wood is
strong enough to bear specific loads even if it is broken.In addition,
wood is ...
A material based on the structure of wood can be up to fifty times
more resistant than other synthetic materials currently in use.
27Today, these unique properties of wood are used against high speed
impacts and destructive fragments such as bombs and bullets. Yet
scientists have not been able, despite their staunchest efforts, to
come even close to replicating a piece of wood with all its many
attributes. Every detail in the Creation of wood, - the thickness of
the internal layers, their level of compression, the number of
vessels, their layout and the materials inside it, have been specially
created to result in that resistance.
The Hydraulic System That Raises Water Many Meters against the Force of Gravity
The dead part of wood, known as the "xylem," contains hollow channels.
These, also known as "wood vessels," consist of inanimate cells that
gradually lose their nuclei and cytoplasm, and which are piled one on
top of the other. Long, thin wood vessels form when the membranes
between the cells dissolve and disappear.
Roots spreading out beneath the soil carry the water and minerals the
plant needs upward through these tissues. The water is then
transmitted as far as the leaves. The way the roots absorb the water
in the ground is reminiscent of the "test bore technique". The roots
themselves have no engines to initiate the water absorption process;
neither do they have any technical equipment with which to pump water
and minerals for distances of up to several meters. But the roots
absorb the water present in the depths of the soil by spreading over a
very wide area.
As seen in the picture to the left, wood consists of tube or
strawshaped cells. By combining one on top of the other, these
cells, which make up the roots and trunks of plants, serve as
channels that carry water and minerals right through the plant. This
tissue, known as "xylem," also constitutes a powerful structure that
enables the plant to remain upright. To the right, we can see a
slice of dry wood in crosssection. When dried out, the tubelike
channels become hollow, as shown in the illustration. 28
This lifting process that the plant performs so flawlessly is an
exceedingly complex one. Yet this system has still not yet been fully
understood, even in these days of high technology and space travel.
The presence of a "hydraulic system" in plants was determined some two
centuries ago, but we still do not know how this action in defiance of
the force of gravity takes place. The superior technology squeezed
into such a confined space is just one of the examples demonstrating
the incomparable knowledge of our Lord, the Creator of the system.
Like everything in the universe, Almighty Allah created the
transportation system in trees.
As seen in the picture above, wood consists of tubular or straw-shaped
cells. By combining one on top of the other, these cells, which make
up the roots and trunks of plants, serve as channels that carry water
and minerals throughout the plant. This tissue, known as "xylem," also
constitutes a powerful structure that enables the plant to remain
upright. To the right, we can see a slice of dry wood in
cross-section. When dried out, the tube-like channels become hollow,
as shown in the illustration.
Roots Capable of Selecting Minerals from the Soil
Plants draw all the mineral nutrients they need from the soil; this
includes potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and sulfur. Since
the substances are not found separately in the soil, they absorb them
as ions (positively or negatively charged atoms). Of all the many
inorganic ions in dissolved state in the soil, plants absorb only the
fourteen they need.The iron concentrati ...
Because of this state of affairs that operates contrary to the
pressure system, the plant uses a high level of energy in the pumping
process. In addition, in the plant roots' taking up ions from the
soil, there needs to be an identification system that attracts only
the wanted ions and repels the unwanted ones. This shows that the ion
pumps in the root cells are no ordinary pumps, but possess the ability
to select between ions. Bearing in mind that the cell in the plant
roots are made up of atoms devoid of any intelligence or
consciousness, we must all surely acknowledge what an extraordinary
process ion selection truly is.

The Miracle of the Qur'an, - The Heliocentric System
























He created the heavens and the earth with truth. He wraps the night around the day and wraps the day around the night, and has made the Sun and Moon subservient, each one running for a specified term. Is He not indeed the Almighty, the Endlessly Forgiving? (Surat az-Zumar, 5)
In the above verse, the movement of the Earth is described by the word"yukawwiru,"which comes from root verb"takwir."This means "to cover up a spherical body," in the way that the rotation of the Earth gives rise to night and day, like the winding of a turban around the head of a man. In addition to the spherical shape of the Earth, the word is also the most accurate expression of its movement around the Sun. Because of the Earth's spherical shape and its movement around the Sun, the Sun always illuminates one side of the Earth while the other is in darkness. The side in shadow is shrouded by the darkness of night, only to be replaced seamlessly by the brightness of day when the Sun rises. The positions of the Sun and Earth are revealed as follows in Surah Ya Sin:
And the Sun runs to its resting place. That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing. And We have decreed set phases for the Moon, until it ends up looking like an old palm spathe. It is not for the Sun to overtake the Moon nor for the night to outstrip the day; each one is swimming in a sphere. (Surah Ya Sin, 38-40)
Like the Earth, other planets in the Solar System follow specific orbits.
The movements of the Sun and Moon in the final verse of this excerpt are described by the Arabic word"yasbahoona,"meaning "flowing, passing or swimming." This word refers to an action performed by someone without any help from others. Someone acting according to this verb continues to perform it alone, with no intervention from anyone else. The above verses may therefore be referring to the Sun's independent movement in the universe, independent of any other celestial body. (Allah knows the truth.) It is impossible for us to see or follow the movement of the Sun with our own eyes. In reality, the true nature of its existence is beyond us. It is only possible to determine that movement using special technological equipment. As stated in verse 39 of Surah Ya Sin, in addition to rotating around its own axis once every 26 days, the Sun also moves through its own course.
It is also reported in the verse that the Sun is not allowed to"overtake the Moon", and it stated in the Qur’an that the Sun and Moon do not revolve around the same body, as astronomers put it. At the same time, it is made clear in the verse that there is no connection between the motion responsible for night and day and the movement of the Sun and Moon. (Allah knows the truth.)
The above manuscript dating from the 1750s shows the geo-centric (Earth-centered) model of the universe. It took many years for this to be abandoned and replaced by the helio-centric model.The model below is the helio-centric (solar-centered) one that has been proved today, while the model on top is the geocentric (Earth-centered) model that was thought to be true for many hundreds of years.
Until the 16th century, it was thought that the Earth was the center of the universe. This view is known as the "geocentric model," from the Greek wordsgeo(Earth) andkentron(center). This belief was questioned by the famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543 in his bookDe Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium(Of the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres), in which he suggested that the Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun. As a result of observations using a telescope performed by Galileo Galilei in 1610, it was scientifically established that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Up until this point, it had been widely accepted that the Sun revolved around the Earth – so most scholars of the time stubbornly rejected Copernicus' theory. The famous astronomer Johannes Kepler's views setting out the movements of the planets confirmed the heliocentric model in the 16th and 17th centuries. In this model, whose name comes from the wordsHelios(Sun) andkentron(center), the Sun is the center of the universe, rather than the Earth. Other heavenly bodies also revolve around the Sun. Yet this was all revealed 1400 years ago in the Qur'an.
By saying that the Earth was the center of the universe, the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy was responsible for the geocentric idea of the universe that dominated scientific thought for hundreds of years. For that reason, at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, nobody knew that the Earth-centered model was incorrect. The information in the Qur'an refutes the thesis that the Earth is fixed while the Sun revolves around it. It was believed that the stars and planets revolved around the Earth. Despite these prevalent errors of the time, the Qur'an contains information which was not known, or even considered, at that time. Many expressions in the Qur’an on this matter agree with the scientific facts regarding day and night:
By the Sun and its morning brightness, and the Moon when it follows it, and the day when it displays it, and the night when it conceals it. (Surat ash-Shams, 1-4)
As set out in the above verse, day – which is essentially the brightness of the Sun – results from the movement of the Earth. Our planet spins on its own axis. It is not the movement of the Sun that is responsible for night and day. In other words, the Sun is immobile in terms of night and day. The Qur'an is clearly descended from the presence of our Lord. As science and technology advance more and more, examples of the compatibility between the Qur'an and science are coming to light. This is set out in another verse from the Qur'an:
There is instruction in their stories for people of intelligence. This is not a narration which has been invented but confirmation of all that came before, a clarification of everything, and a guidance and a mercy for people who believe. (Surah Yusuf, 111)




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